Trusting What You're Told: How Children Learn from Others

by Paul L. Harris

Book Overview

If children were little scientists who learn best through firsthand observations and mini-experiments, as conventional wisdom holds, how would a child discover that the earth is round--never mind conceive of heaven as a place someone might go after death? Overturning both cognitive and commonplace theories about how children learn, Trusting What You're Told begins by reminding us of a basic truth: Most of what we know we learned from others...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067450383X
• ISBN13: 9780674503830
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.9"